Hand for display-forms



No. 620,598. Patented Mar. 7, I899. H. LYUNS.

HAND FOR DISPLAY FORMS.

(Application filed July 29, 1:597.

(No Model.)

Attorney.

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HUGH LYONS, OF LANSING, MICHIGAN.

HAND FOR DISPLAY-FORMS.

fEGiFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 620,598, dated March 7, 1899. Application filed my 29,1897. smart. 846,349. (No model.)

as indicated in Fig. 1, suitable padding, con= To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HUGH LYoNs, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Lansing, in the county of Ingham and State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Hands for Display- Forms, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in artificial hands for display-forms, dolls, and for similar purposes.

The objects of this invention are, first, to provide an artificial hand which is cheap to produce and is very flexible and that can be placed in any position required or desired, and, second, to produce a construction of artificial hand in which it is possible to utilize comparatively cheap material and yet secure the desirable results of flexibility and shapeliness.

Further objects will definitely appear in the detailed description to follow.

I accomplish these objects of my invention by devices and means described in the following specification, pointed out in the claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure'l is a perspective view of the skeleton portion of the hand. Fig. 2 is a perspec-' tive view of the hand in process of construction. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the hand when completed.

In the drawings similar letters of reference refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Referring to lettered parts of the drawings, A represents the block forming the body of the hand, and on or within which is provided a suitable means of attaching the same to an arm. Inserted into the block are pieces of copper wire B, corresponding to the fingers of the hand in position to form the centers thereof. A piece of wire B is inserted into one side of the blockA to serve for the thumb. The wire preferably employed is copper wire, though any properly annealed metal or any similar material might be employed for the purpose instead.

When the skeleton of the hand is formed padding'or filling of the digits-will move uponitself, so that the digits can be bended with out disarranging the padding or causing a change in their shape, thus making the hand very durable.

hen the hand is filled out to the proper form, a glove-like covering D is placed over the same. I desire to state in this connection that while I have specified strips of cloth wound spirally, yet I am aware that strips of soft leather or any similar material might be employed for the purpose of covering the wires forming the digits.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In an artificial hand for display-forms or similar purposes, the combination of the central body-block A; flexible copper wire B secured thereto to form the core of the fingers, and a flexible copper wire B secured to one side and projecting out to form the thumb; suitable padding placed over the central bodyblock; and strips of fabric or similar flexible material wound thereon and wound spirally on the wires B B to make up the digits; and a glove-like covering D fitted over the whole for the purpose specified.

2. In an artificial hand for display-forms and similar purposes, the combination of the central body-block; flexible wires secured thereto and extending out to form the cores of the fingers and a flexible wire secured to one side and projecting out to form the core of the thumb; strips of fabric or similar flexible material wound spirally on the said wires to make up the digits; and a glove-like covering fitted over the whole for the purpose specified.

3. In an artificial hand for display-forms and similar purposes the combination of the central body-block; flexible wires secured thereto and extending out to form the cores of the fingers; strips of fabric or similar flexi- 5 ble material wound spirally on the said wires go (snake up the digits for the purpose specie b r In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two witnesses.

HUGH LYONS. [n s.]

WVitnesses:

HOMER D. LUCE, EDWIN 'M. HIGGS; 

